The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 8, 1923
Waning Crescent
41.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 AM
1:53 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.1%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 4
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.4° / 236.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 56m / -10.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.39° / 1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.72° / -1.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.79° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.